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Tampa Bay Rays @ Boston Red Sox

2008-10-14 · 2008 League Championship Series · Game 4 of 7 ◀ Game 3 Game 5 ▶ · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 38133 · 60°F, cloudy · Wind 13 mph to CF · 3:07

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Boston Red Sox 13–4. Tampa Bay Rays put up 5 in the 6th. Andy Sonnanstine earned the win.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TBA	3	0	2	0	1	5	0	2	0	13	14
BOS	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	7

W: Andy Sonnanstine L: Tim Wakefield SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Brian Gorman · 1B: Alfonso Marquez · 2B: Derryl Cousins · 3B: Tim McClelland · LF: Sam Holbrook · RF: Brian O'Nora

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Akinori Iwamura	5	1	0	0	1	1
B. J. Upton	3	2	1	1	2	0
Carlos Pena	3	3	1	2	2	1
Evan Longoria	4	2	1	2	1	1
Carl Crawford	5	3	5	2	0	0
Willy Aybar	5	1	4	5	0	1
Dioner Navarro	4	0	1	1	1	0
Fernando Perez	5	0	0	0	0	2
Jason Bartlett	4	1	1	0	0	1
Ben Zobrist	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
J. D. Drew	5	0	0	0	0	1
Dustin Pedroia	4	1	1	1	0	1
David Ortiz	4	1	1	0	0	1
Kevin Youkilis	4	0	1	2	0	0
Jason Bay	4	0	1	0	0	1
Mark Kotsay	3	0	1	0	0	0
Coco Crisp	2	0	0	0	2	0
Kevin Cash	3	1	1	1	0	1
Jed Lowrie	4	1	1	0	0	1
Sean Casey	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jacoby Ellsbury	0	0	0	0	1	0

Tampa Bay Rays — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Andy Sonnanstine	7.1	6	1	2
Trever Miller	0.1	1	0	1
Edwin Jackson	1.1	0	2	4

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tim Wakefield	2.2	6	2	2
Justin Masterson	2.1	2	1	4
Manny Delcarmen	0.1	2	3	1
Javier Lopez	1.2	2	0	0
Mike Timlin	2.0	2	1	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Akinori Iwamura: K
B. J. Upton: W
Carlos Pena: SB2
Carlos Pena: HR/78/F.2-H
Evan Longoria: HR/7/F
Carl Crawford: D9/L
Willy Aybar: K+SB3
Dioner Navarro: W
Fernando Perez: 3/P3F

Bot 1

J. D. Drew: 7/L
Dustin Pedroia: K
David Ortiz: 43/G4D

Top 2

Jason Bartlett: 63/G
Akinori Iwamura: 9/F
B. J. Upton: 53/G

Bot 2

Kevin Youkilis: 8/F
Jason Bay: E5/G5L.B-2(E5/TH1)
Mark Kotsay: S8/L.2-3
Coco Crisp: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 3

Carlos Pena: 8/F
Evan Longoria: 5/P5F
Carl Crawford: S1/G-
Willy Aybar: SB2
Willy Aybar: HR/7/F.2-H
Dioner Navarro: S7/L
Fernando Perez: K

Bot 3

Kevin Cash: HR/7/L
Jed Lowrie: 43/G
J. D. Drew: 7/F
Dustin Pedroia: 6/L

Top 4

Jason Bartlett: K
Akinori Iwamura: 31/G
B. J. Upton: W
Carlos Pena: K

Bot 4

David Ortiz: 63/G
Kevin Youkilis: 8/F
Jason Bay: 53/G

Top 5

Evan Longoria: K
Carl Crawford: D7/L
Willy Aybar: S7/G.2-H;BX2(753)
Dioner Navarro: 63/G

Bot 5

Mark Kotsay: 8/F
Coco Crisp: 63/G-
Kevin Cash: 53/G

Top 6

Fernando Perez: K
Jason Bartlett: T9/L
Akinori Iwamura: W
B. J. Upton: S7/G.3-H;1-2
Carlos Pena: W.2-3;1-2
Evan Longoria: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Carl Crawford: S7/L-.3-H;2-3;1-2
Willy Aybar: S7/G.3-H;2-3;1-2
Dioner Navarro: 53/G.3-H;2-3;1-2
Fernando Perez: 43/G

Bot 6

Jed Lowrie: 8/F
J. D. Drew: 13/G
Dustin Pedroia: 8/F

Top 7

Jason Bartlett: 7/L
Akinori Iwamura: 43/G
B. J. Upton: 31/G

Bot 7

David Ortiz: T9/L
Kevin Youkilis: 63/G.3-H
Jason Bay: S9/L
Mark Kotsay: 8/F
Coco Crisp: W.1-2
Kevin Cash: K

Top 8

Carlos Pena: W
Evan Longoria: 53/G.1-2
Carl Crawford: T98/L.2-H
Willy Aybar: S9/L.3-H
Dioner Navarro: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Jed Lowrie: S8/G
J. D. Drew: 13/G-.1-2
Dustin Pedroia: S8/G.2-H;B-2(E8)
David Ortiz: K
Kevin Youkilis: D7/L.2-H(UR)
Jason Bay: K

Top 9

Fernando Perez: 43/G
Ben Zobrist: 8/F
Akinori Iwamura: 6/P

Bot 9

Sean Casey: K
Coco Crisp: W
Jacoby Ellsbury: W.1-2
Jed Lowrie: K
J. D. Drew: K

Notes & reviews

Jason Bay's bat broke and the barrel flew towards Evan Longoria at 3B; he fielded the ball at the bag and threw wildly past first
Kevin Cash homered in his first post-season at bat
Willy Aybar started towards 2B but Kevin Youkilis cut off the throw and relayed to 1B

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